NIBRS - Weapon / Force Involved Codes

The NIBRS Weapon / Force Involved codes used in CrimeStar are those referenced by the published FBI NIBRS specifications and are not modifiable by the user. This field is conditionally required when the NIBRS classification code specified is one of the following:

09A = Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter

09B = Negligent Homicide

09C = Justifiable Homicide

100 = Kidnapping/Abduction

11A = Forcible Rape

11B = Forcible Sodomy

11C = Sexual Assault With An Object

11D =Forcible Fondling

13A = Aggravated Assault

13B = Simple Assault

210 = Extortion/Blackmail

520 = Weapon Law Violations

The following are the acceptable codes for this field:

11 = Firearm

11A = Automatic Firearm*

12 = Handgun

12A = Automatic Handgun*

13 = Rifle

13A = Automatic Rifle*

14 = Shotgun

14A = Automatic Shotgun*

15 = Other Firearm

15A = Other Automatic Firearm*

20 = Knife/Cutting Instrument

30 = Blunt Object (e.g. club, hammer, etc.)

35 = Motor Vehicle (when used as a weapon)

40 = Personal Weapons (i.e., hands, feet, teeth, etc.)

50 = Poison

60 = Explosives

65 = Fire/Incendiary Device

70 = Drugs/Narcotics/Sleeping Pills

85 = Asphyxiation (by drowning, strangulation, suffocation, gas, etc)

90 = Other (any weapon or force, including deadly diseases, not fitting the above specifically coded weapons/force)

99 = None

* These fields are extensions to the FBI NIBRS defined codes for this field to capture the automatic weapon indication, rather than carrying the automatic weapon indicator as a separate field.